Paid Summer Internship with the Joint Program in Survey Methodology

The Joint Program in Survey Methodology (JPSM) at the University of Maryland is pleased to offer a 10 week summer internship to rising juniors and seniors with an interest in survey methodology and the Federal Statistical System.

Each summer JPSM sponsors a Junior Fellows Program for a limited number of undergraduate students. Successful applicants are granted paid research assistantships in a Federal statistical agency in the Washington, DC area. They participate in weekly seminars at JPSM and elsewhere in the area on survey methodology and career options in survey research. Throughout the summer students learn about surveys, statistics, graduate studies, and how government agencies work.This internship will let you learn how data gathered from households and economic units are used to track and identify trends.

You will work on key indicators of unemployment, crime, consumer prices, population migration and growth, agricultural production, educational performance of young people, transportation trends, or a host of other topics. A salary of $4,500-$5,000 for 10 weeks and apartment style dormitory
housing will be provided.

Applicants for the Junior Fellow positions should submit a personal statement of no more than one page (500 words), academic transcript, and one faculty recommendation. The application process opens October 1, 2014 and ends December 31, 2014.

Visit this website for more information and application forms:http://jpsm.umd.edu/undergraduate/topic/junior-fellow-program